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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1883
Page
4
Long historical listing of mayor clerk street names ward officers school board members and fire hall foremen with various names and roles noted, showing civic personnel and department assignments in a fragmented OCR snippet.
The only local real estate transfer recorded in the county clerk’s office on the 23rd was by the LE & WEL I Co to Brooks Locomotive Works for 395,561.16. Crosby Hose of Corry Pa accepted an invitation to join the Dunkirk Hose Company parade on August 20. Knights, address cards available at Fagen Axe Office. Coventry rotary tricycle by Mr J W Dinsdale praised as easy to ride. A delivery wagon collided with a freight train at Third Street crossing, wrecking groceries and injuring the horse. Crosby Hose Company meeting accepted parade invitation from Hose Company No 1 of Dunkirk. They will attend and perform as usual, with some rejections noted.
Miss Bellie O'Brien of Front &2 visits Mrs. C. Mr. Pettit in Buffalo. Miss Kathe Champlain heads to St. Phoias Gat. for a weeks visit. Mr. John A Stapt travels to Pitts burgh after grandmother Mrs. John Vogel’s death. Councilman Allenbrand returns from Buffalo with family. Numerous eastern hotel arrivals include James Hanning and others. Ida Kruger visits Buffalo. Billy Baldwin boots brick at William Hilton’s yard. Wheeler’s Opera House hosts Geer Minstrel. Four B N Y P engines under Brooks repairs. freight activity up. Rev Dr Schacter decides to stay and preach Sunday. Card designs in Masonic etc stock for sale at Pare MER AxD Ounervek Co. agents for Milton If Smith lithographs.
Mr. Ruseh refuses a challenge while Twilli accepts and a race is set for 26 dollars. The meeting point is the Doats named or the office at six o clock Saturday evening. The note emphasizes a fair square deal and a decisive push to settle the matter.
George W. Star James Donnell and Joseph Gotthelf file in Springfield for the Navigation Company of Chicago with capital of 3 million to transport passengers and freight through the air. Gotthelf says the machine weighs 1432 pounds with engine ballast and main, ships 400 pounds, and travels at twenty miles per hour. He cites demonstrations at the Polytechnic Institute and in Mississippi to prove strength.
A whale in the North Sea meets a new object that resists its advances. The object, a Woolwich Torpedo, explodes after a formidable strike, leading to a formal investigation by whalers. The tale ends with a cautionary moral about ensuring the other party is neutral before proceeding.
Week ending July 24 1892 in Surrogate Court of Chautauqua County BOY sees several estates and guardianships. Jang M Eldridge Gerry will admitted to probate with Elsie Eldridge and Dora C Eldridge named executors. James G Willard Miga estate probate delayed for oath. Cornelius Hardenburgh Chautauqua deceased probate issued to Heuben T Hardenburg. Louisa Landgrin Chautauqua admin issued to John C Langdrin and John A Johnson. Paul Darling Wright minor Westfield guardianship granted to Steuben C Wright. John Footman Jeorge Footman minors and Patrick Murphy appointed guardian. Glenn E Hull and Harvey H Hull minors guardianship to John H Prendergast. George W Smith minor child Harriet M Smith. Judicial settlements recorded for Walter S Ward guardian discharge, Wm Huntley guardian discharge. Jeremiah Main Cherry Creek admin discharge. Francis A Houghton minor Louis McKinstry guardian discharge.
A compilation of local oddities and incidents from Jamestown to Erie, noting subscription funds raised for a Swedish orphanage, a farm incident at Custer, and bank and county treasury concerns. Also reports a brakeman killed near Leavittsburg, a pending Erie district saengerfest, and a judge's discharge in the Parsons embezzlement case.
Sus Mep I at the Palace Drug Store on 5 Centur street offers Lyon brothers mixed points and poultry and meat products. A Speer grape wine is praised for invalids and the aged. A handsome residence on the Ave between 4th and 5th streets with fruit trees and a good cellar is for sale. A 36 by 100 lot with blacksmith shop at Second and Zebra streets is for salt cheap. Portrait photographs at Gifford's Art Gallery. Located in miscellaneous notices with multiple vendors.
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